Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Paper Smooches A Blessed Christmas card

I recently got some Clarity Stencil Brushes and wanted to try them so I pulled out a stencil from the Papertrey Ink Sunshine and Rainbows kit, and brushed Bright Buttercup ink through it onto some white card. The brushes give a lovely light coating of ink but I kept adding more ink towards the centre to build up the colour. This stencil has the rays radiating out from a heart but that is covered by my image. Once I was happy with the inking, I cut a panel with a stitched rectangle die and matted it onto a black base card.

I took the Holy Family stamp from the Paper Smooches A Blessed Christmas Stamp set, stamped it with Memento Black ink and coloured it with Copic markers. I die cut the image, glued it to some black card and then fussy cut around it.

To finish off, I stamped the sentiment from the Penny Black Wonder Collection and added a die cut star from my stash.

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Beautiful stenciling; perfect for this lovely image! I bought this stamp last year at an after-Christmas sale; looking forward to using it for some of this year's cards. You've certainly given me inspiration!~carol

Wow! This is a stunning card Carol! I love the beautiful rays you made with the Clarity brushes. Didn't think I needed these, and still don't think I need them, but you are making me want them! lol I can't get over the beautiful results you got making the rays-it just blows me away. I so love your Holy Family, you have colored them up so beautifully. Stunning, just stunning! Hugs, Brenda

WOW!! You did a fabulous job with that stencil. I love how you used the darker colors in the middle and lightened it out at the end. The coloring on that image is just spectacular. Wonderful design Carol!!